It's been almost two weeks since a Mercury spill sent the U.S. EPA to a Salem home. Two children were sent to the hospital after being exposed to mercury.

Since May 25, the U.S. EPA has been on site taking out contaminated items from the home. Cleanup was expected to take about a week, but now it's two weeks later and it could still be another week. 

According to the U.S EPA on site coordinator, every cleanup situation is different, meaning they don’t know when cleanup efforts will be done for the home, or when the family will be able to move back in.

The U.S EPA has been working closely with Columbiana County EMA and the Salem City Health District.

“The areas that they are working on are completely contaminated in this house. There’s not any concern for any of the neighbors,” said Peggy Clark, Columbiana County EMA Director.

Clark says this is one of the worst mercury spills she's dealt with. 

“Typically it is an old mercury thermometer that gets broken and it's a very tiny amount of mercury that gets spilled. This was pretty significant compared to that,” said Clark.

In this case, an entire bottle spilled in the home. When mercury spills, it releases toxic vapor. This means even a small spill is incredibly dangerous.

“It does appear unfortunately that the family is going to lose a majority of their belongings, so the red cross is doing the best they can to help them,” said Clark.

Clark says if anyone wants to help the family, they can reach out to the Youngstown Red Cross. 

21 news tried to get an update on how the two children exposed to Mercury are recovering, but the family has asked crews for privacy.